[Bio-Linux] license of Bio-Linux artwork in package themes-v7

[Tim Booth]

Hi Sasa,

Unfortunately I don't have specific license information for these files
but here's what I know:

The Bio-Linux 5 theme, with the ladybirds, is derived from an old RedHat
wallpaper (either from RedHat 7 or 9).  So the image must have been
released under some sort of open license to be included on RedHat, but I
don't know what the license was or who is the copyright holder.

The Grasshopper image is (or was) on several public free-wallpaper
websites and clearly credited to Marcin Jankowski but I was not able to
find further license info or to contact Marcin, so I've used it without
permission.

Cheers,

TIM

On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 15:17 +0100, Sasa Paporovic wrote:
>   
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I want to use some themes/logos/icons  of different Linux
> distributions in a paper. One of the affected one is Bio-Linux. I have
> downloaded the theme package from
> 
> 
> http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/bio-linux/dists/unstable/bio-linux/all/
> 
> 
> After an examination with file-roller I was not able to find any
> license information either for the package nor for a single file. EXIF
> data shows also no license information.
> 
> 
> So, just this little mail. I want to ask if it is possible to get some
> license information or the simple permission to use the two .jpg in
> 
> 
> /usr/share/backgrounds/
> 
> 
> of the package.
> 
> 
> The first is the biolinux 5 theme, the second is a designed one by
> Marcin Jankowski.
> 
> 
> Could you forward if needed?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Sasa Paporovic
> 
> 

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